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A River Runs Through It and Other Stories turned Norman Maclean into a late-in-life literary phenomenon and then a household name after the success of the Hollywood film based on the title story. Yet fewer know of Maclean's lifelong struggles to reconcile very different parts of himself: the revered teacher and writer in the intellectual hub of Chicago and the Montana man compelled by the wildness and traumas of his home state and family, including the tragic Mann Gulch fire and the murder of his brother.

Everyone knows Judy Blume. Her books have garnered her fans of all ages for decades and sold tens of millions of copies. But why were people so drawn to them? And why are we still talking about them now in the 21st century? In The Genius of Judy, her remarkable story is revealed as never before, beginning with her as a mother of two searching for purpose outside of her home in 1960s suburban New Jersey.

Born in 1875, the great German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke published his first collection of poems in 1898, and went on to become renowned for his delicate depiction of the workings of the human heart. Drawn by some sympathetic note in his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. From 1903 to 1908, Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young, would-be poet on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. Those letters, still a fresh source of inspiration and insight, are accompanied here by a chronicle of Rilke's life.

"Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography" by Robert Graves is a seminal work that vividly captures the harrowing experiences of a young British officer during World War I.

Mario Rigoni Stern è stato uno dei maggiori narratori del nostro Novecento. La sua voce ha dato spazio a temi e aspetti assenti nella tradizione letteraria italiana: il mondo naturale, le montagne e le storie di guerra. Una peculiarità che trova origine in una vita segnata a lungo da eventi drammatici: la giovinezza trascorsa su ben tre fronti di guerra, la terribile esperienza della ritirata sul Don, la lunga prigionia nei lager tedeschi. Con il ritorno a casa, nel suo amato altipiano, può finalmente dedicarsi a una passione fino allora accantonata per necessità: la scrittura.

Среди холмов Сассекса и на берегах Средиземного моря Д. Г. Лоуренс (для одних — современный классик, для других — записной нарушитель спокойствия и апологет непристойности) набирается впечатлений для своего последнего романа под рабочим названием "Нежность", который станет скандально знаменит как "Любовник леди Чаттерли". В 1928 году официальная публикация этой книги невозможна — и смертельно больной Лоуренс, отчаявшись, частным порядком печатает ее в Италии, тиражом 1000 экземпляров. Через тридцать лет общественный климат меняется, начинают дуть новые ветры.

"The Story of Philosophy: Friedrich Nietzsche" by Will Durant provides an insightful exploration into the life, ideas, and enduring influence of Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most provocative and impactful philosophers of the 19th century. Durant presents Nietzsche as a complex thinker whose revolutionary concepts challenged conventional morality, religion, and the nature of human existence.